Counting Down the Worst Cleveland Browns Christmas Gifts – #2
December 25, 2013While We’re Waiting… Cavaliers Christmas wishes
December 26, 2013When you live in a world with Amazon.com and professional sports, you just know that you’re going to end up with some really bad team branded products. Those products get searched out this time of year as potential presents for giant sports fans, no matter how ludicrous. In fact sometimes the more inane they are, the more likely they’re chosen as gifts. With that in mind, I decided to identify these gifts and open them up for commentary by WFNY writers and alumni.
Without further ado, I bring you the next in this series… “Cleveland Browns Season Tickets.”
I should have known better with the WFNY audience. I should have known that a number of you would be forward-thinking and smart enough to know exactly where this (too) long joke about the worst Cleveland Browns Christmas gifts was going.
Sure enough, it ends up right where many of you commented that it should. There’s little worse than getting tickets for Christmas in a lot of cases. It’s someone – even with the best intentions – telling you what to do. Plus, depending on their budget and tastes, they’ve picked the place you’re going to sit. These are all really practical issues that are involved with giving tickets.
There are a lot more negative intangibles associated with Browns season tickets. They’ve been a really bad value for a long time. They never seem to be worth it from beginning to end. Plus, if the team ever really truly does get good, you’re putting someone on the hook for having to pay for playoff tickets. I know that’s hard to imagine and even laughable, but I promise you it happens in other cities where they have other professional football teams.
And so this wraps up the worst Cleveland Browns Christmas gifts. Thanks for playing along. Hope it was fun. Thanks to all the WFNY writers and alumni for helping me.
Merry Christmas!
2 Comments
Craig, so all this time you wanted Cleveland Browns season tickets for Christmas? And here I was about to buy the Crock Pot with the Cleveland Browns logo. heh!!
Note to self: Get Craig Lyndall, Cleveland Browns season tickets for Christmas next year.
there was a time that Craig wasn’t so bitter and resentful. 15yrs offollowing these Brown’s teams following the 3yr absence after Art Modell defecated on the city will do that to someone though, I suppose.